x, 402 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 21 cm

"To millions of fans, All About Eve represents all that's witty and wonderful in classic Hollywood movies. Its old-fashioned, larger-than-life stars - including Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, and Celeste Holm - found their best roles in Eve, and its sophisticated dialogue has entered the lexicon. But there's much more to know about All About Eve. Sam Staggs has written the definitive account of the making of this fascinating movie and its enormous influence on both film and popular culture. Staggs reveals everything about the movie - from who the famous European actress Margo Channing was based on to the hot-blooded romance on-set between Bette Davis and costar Gary Merrill, from the jump-start the movie gave Marilyn Monroe's career to the capstone it put on director Joseph L. Mankeiwicz's. All About "All About Eve" is not only full of rich detail about the movie, the director, and the stars, but also about the audience who loved it when it came out and adore it to this day."--Jacket

Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000

Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-367) and index

Fire and music -- When was it? How long? -- Minor awards are for such as the writer -- Zanuck, Zanuck, Zanuck -- Miss Channing is ageless -- The end of an old road, the beginning of a new one -- San Francisco, an oasis of civilization in the California desert -- How could I miss her? Every night, every matinee -- To Margo. To my bride-to-be -- A graduate of the Copacabana School of dramatic art -- Killer to killer -- A new word for happiness -- A little taking in here and letting out there -- A career all females have in common -- The general atmosphere is very Macbethish -- I call myself Phoebe -- The time I looked through the wrong end of the camera finder -- And you, I take it, are the Paderewski who plays his concerto on me, the piano? -- Wherever there's magic and make-believe and an audience, there's theatre -- I'll marry you if it turns out you have no blood at all -- You'll give the performance of your life -- Those awards presented annually by that film society -- Waiting for me to crack that little gnome on the noggin with a bottle -- I could watch you play that scene a thousand times -- Tell that to Dr. Freud along with the rest of it -- Realdiamondss in a wig -- Why, if there's nothing else, there's applause

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